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Introducing alt-country rising stars Rider & Rolling Thunder
Today, Idaho alt-country rock band Rider & Rolling Thunder announces their debut EP On the Banks of the Tennessee with the release of the new single “Main St Shuffle.” The southern-twanged rocker shows off the band’s affinity for a good country-blues jam that features fiery guitars and shows off the band’s swagger. Turnstyled & Junkpiled said the song “evokes summer music festivals where the energy is humming and the excitement connects the crowd as they move in place to the music. It’s a song that is ready to party just as the nation is opening up after over a year of lockdown.”
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Dropkick Murphys’ New Album Turn Up That Dial Out Now; Album Release Party Live Stream Tomorrow, 5/1
Dropkick Murphys’ highly-anticipated new album, Turn Up That Dial, is available today, via band-owned Born & Bred Records. Produced by Ted Hutt, Turn Up That Dial is the band’s 10th full-length studio album. Turn Up That Dial is available for streaming and purchase here.
With the 11 tracks on Turn Up That Dial, Dropkick Murphys celebrate the simple pleasure of music, the relief and release from worry that comes when you “turn up that dial” and blast your troubles away.
Sael presenta su nuevo sencillo “Verificada”
Argentine singer and songwriter Sael presents his new single “Verificada”, a song that sings to a love betrayal from a male perspective. The song and its official music video are available on all digital platforms.
“Verificada”, a song written by Sael himself, with the production of Luis Miguel Gómez “Casta”, with Alejandro Patiño “Mosty” as a sound engineer. The song speaks through a broken heart that has been the victim of betrayal, a “hard to swallow” emotion that many fans can feel related to.
Ali Barter Shares Lyric Video For “Chocolate Cake”
The Chocolate Cake EP was written across both hemispheres. Barter engaged in writing sessions in Los Angeles and Nashville before the crushing reality of COVID-19 jeopardized her first US tour and forced her back home to isolate in Melbourne. The EP was rounded out remotely with the help of creative minds Harlan Silverman, Lost Boy, K-Flay, who co-wrote the EP title track, Brandon James and lockdown buddy/ husband Oscar Dawson.
SYTË is “Up in The Air” with New Music Video
Previously featured in publications like Line of Best Fit, MixMag, and Paper Magazine, among others, SYTË is well known for their electrifying performances that have graced the stages of esteemed festivals like Pop Kultur Festival, Sunny Hill Festival, and Localize Festival. “Up In The Air” is the first release to follow their internationally successful debut album Divine Computer and showcases the group’s ability to create an eclectic soundscape that weaves between alternative R&B and indie-pop.
BrooklynVegan is currently streaming “Agua Caliente” from Portland, Oregon-based psychedelic stoner doom collective ROBOTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. The track comes off the band’s Mystic Goddess full-length, set for release via Small Stone Records on May 21st!
HAYLEY KIYOKO RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE “FOUND MY FRIENDS”
Trailblazing pop star Hayley Kiyoko has unveiled her highly anticipated new single “Found My Friends,” available now via Atlantic Records at all DSPs and streaming services. Co-produced by Hayley, Danja (Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake) and frequent collaborators, Pat Morrissey and Kill Dave, the powerful anthem of self-reliance is joined by a self-directed video shot on 16mm film at LA’s historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Embodying the song’s message and featuring incredible choreography, the visual chronicles the challenging journey of finding friendship within yourself.
James Bluck – ‘Leave (Get Out)’
An infectious modern rework of the early-2000s classic of the same name from US teen sensation JoJo, ‘Leave (Get Out)’ enhances the track’s dancefloor credentials with euphoric piano chords and a pumping bassline – while maintaining the empowering R&B vibes of the original. It follows James Bluck’s recent remix of the Mike Mago and Tiggi Hawke track ‘Dangerous Behaviour’, released as part of the Armada Music – Piano House Vol. 1 compilation.
NICK RYAN RELEASES “JEALOUS SEA”
“We all have had friends that see us living our best lives, chasing our dreams and perhaps advancing way quicker than they are,” Nick explains. “I always believed in these people and wanted to help them, but sometimes they become sour and turned on you; passive aggressive comments, deleting or ignoring Facebook friend requests or Instagram follows, etc. You can’t help them and you are not required to be everyone’s savior. Let them go.”
Waterparks Release New Single + Video “You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You)”
The video, directed by Erik Rojas & Awsten Knight, comes on the heels of the track release this past Wednesday, which was the latest installment of Waterparks Wednesdays – where the guys debut a new release on Wednesdays leading up to the album. ‘You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You)’ is a super energetic track complete with hi-fi sonics and a hard-hitting beat. The guys’ personalities shine through in this fun video – bouncing between vignettes all while rocking out to killer drum beats and Awsten’s striking vocals.
Oakland Legend Dru Down (Bootsy Collins’ Son) Announces New LP
Dru Down released his debut album ‘Fools from the Streets’ in 1993. The local success of this record led to him signing with Relativity Records, a Sony Music imprint, to release his second album, ‘Explicit Game’, in 1994. The album spawned Dru Down’s most successful single to date, “Pimp of the Year”, which peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the Billboard charts for 24 weeks.
mxdwn PREMIERE: Dru Down Shares New Anthemic Bay Area Hip Hop Song “What Are You Lookin At”
LATOCHA SCOTT-BIVENS RELEASES NEW SINGLE “FULL TIME LOVE”
On the song, upbeat piano keys introduce her melodic vocals and confident prose. Backed by echoing murmurs, confessional lyrics delineate a journey of remaining faithful through acts of “Full Time Love.” “I wrote this song at a time in my life when I was searching for an unfailing love; one without an expiration and I found it in God,” says LaTocha. The track excitingly paves the way for her new solo album, The Invitation, coming very soon.
OUT TODAY: L.A.’s JOE BOURDET BRINGS 70s FOLK “NOSTALGIA”
The song is on his forthcoming debut album Meadow Rock (out 6/18), a nine-song set inspired by our natural surroundings in California – including the mountain ranges throughout.
As Joe explains, “Songbird Revisited” is “like a deer still rubbing the felt off his antlers, this song has a youthful perspective.” While “El Capitan” is about the Yosemite Valley and the Sierras, where “the protagonist senses deeper metaphysical vibrations amid memories of past visits with loved ones.”
new tunage: good morning sunshine
“Good Morning Sunshine” was inspired by dreary hazy mornings, when you wake up and don’t want to do the things you’re supposed to do, with your mind more prone to wander.
Recorded live off the floor in Toronto, it’s from our rock n roll-inspired sophomore album, Born 2 Boogie, which will be released on June 25 as we try to make sense of the human experience following our collective anxiety in this uneasy state of the world.
Sophiegrophy x Walker & Royce Debut “Cringe/You’re The Boss”
New wave hip-hop artist Sophiegrophy continues on her genre bending fow with new double AA side release “Cringe / You’re the Boss” . Stepping up to the plate again for her third outing with NY’s house production supreme team Walker & Royce, three is the lucky number after the trio’s previous bangers “My Own Thang” (released on Dirtybird) and “All for the Gram” (on Chris Lake’s Black Books) made their way into chart topping dance pages and became genre anthems. “Cringe / You’re the Boss” continues to keep Sophiegrophy’s feet placed (and pounding) well inside both the club and hip hop lanes.
PAYDAY Releases ‘Beam Pt. 2’ Ft. Jackboy
PAYDAY returns today with “Beam Pt. 2,” featuring added lyrical stylings from artist and rapper Jackboy. “Beam Pt. 2”, which as PAYDAY puts it is “100 times better than the original,” arrives with the announcement of her forthcoming ‘House Of PUKE’ compilation album, featuring previously released tracks from all three volumes of her popular ‘P.U.K.E. Tapes’ series of Eps, plus new tracks and remixes. ‘House of PUKE’ will be released May 28 via COR / TAN Records.
KING TOPHER AND MUNNDAY TEAM UP FOR “PRESSURE FT. MAO”
“Pressure (ft. MAO)” is full of soaring anthemics and impossible momentum—the sort of dizzy journey you can’t help but get lost in. With a magnetic melody, gleaming synth programming, and high-energy percussion, it seems tailor-made to drop on dance floors at peak time. The track comes with a stylish visualizer, featuring a gilded rose floating in a void.
NIKO RUBIO RELEASES DEBUT SINGLE “YOU COULD BE THE ONE”
Hailing from the Southern California South Bay area, emerging singer/songwriter Niko Rubio displays her expressive writing style and captivating voice on her debut single, “You Could Be The One,” – LISTEN HERE. Arriving today alongside a gleaming visual directed by Lauren Dunn (Kali Uchis, The Weeknd, LAUV, Becky G), “You Could Be The One,” crescendos into a shimmering chorus painted with pulsating guitars, groovy percussion and Rubio’s cascading vocals – WATCH HERE. “You Could Be The One” is the first song from Niko’s forthcoming debut EP, out this Summer.
Indie Rockers Arts Fishing Club Release New EP, The Show
An alternative rock band with pop hooks, indie sensibilities, and indie-folk roots, Arts Fishing Club built its audience the old-school way; by piling its members into a van and hitting the road. As Arts Fishing Club’s touring schedule grew, so did the band’s sound. It was a natural evolution of a band whose members had begun to turn up their guitar amps, dig into their 90s’ rock influences, and create new songs that were every bit as electrifying as their shows.
EXCLUSIVE: Arts Fishing Club Channels Bob Dylan On Updated Folk Anthem “With Us All” [Video]
The Wrecks share new captivating music video – “I Want My Life Back Now”
The Wrecks are unveiling their brand new music video for recent single “I Want My Life Back Now” today via YouTube premiere. “This was one of the first times we were able to take a step back and just have some fun while filming. We had a full film crew that captured the most expensive footage of us that exists on planet earth and then we worked together to put it all together after the fact,” shares front man Nick Anderson on the video.
Savannah Conley Releases Sophomore EP – “Surprise, Surprise”
In a recent conversation with Clash about the creation of the EP, Savannah stated “This EP has come together in the most curvy, winding way that I never could have expected. Everything from the subjects that I wrote about, to the recording, to even the releasing process was nothing I could have planned. I’m so lucky to have gotten to work with the people that I’ve been able to collaborate with, and I’m really proud of how it all turned out. Twists and turns included.”
WIZTHEMC RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO FOR “CATCH ME”
Today, WizTheMc releases the music video for his new single “Catch Me,” out now via 10K Projects/ Homemade Projects. Featuring a guest verse by popular German rapper Majan, “Catch Me” is the first dual language release from WizTheMc. Born in South Africa, raised in Germany, and currently based in Canada, Wiz’s music explores the many ways in which language affects our interpersonal communication. A native German speaker, Wiz’s discography discusses life, love and loss from a non-native language perspective, allowing him to approach familiar topics in a somewhat unfamiliar way. With “Catch Me’s” bilingual message, Wiz continues this journey, bridging the gap between the two lingustic cultures he has called home.
ATLANTIC RECORDS WELCOMES AJIONA ALEXUS
Atlantic Records, BAB Music Entertainment and Block Entertainment warmly introduce the shining multi-hyphenate Ajiona Alexus. Ajiona Alexus glows as a singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, establishing herself as an all-around entertainer in classic form with modern swagger. Bringing fresh energy to throwback R&B, Ajiona Alexus celebrates her partnership with Atlantic Records with her debut single “Same Mistakes.” The single arrives alongside an official video, directed by Derek Blanks.
Still Woozy Shares Dreamy New Single and Video “Kenny”
“Kenny” finds Still Woozy in a reflective headspace. As he strums an acoustic guitar with dizzy melodies ringing in the distance, he mulls over the memories of old relationships and imagines a life of self-fulfillment and inner strength. “Don’t pay me no mind, I’ll be fine,” he sings. “I’ll pull myself together this time.” The instrumental is slow and sentimental, a pace and headspace he says was inspired by some time he spent living in the vast expanses of the American West.
